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Week of 12/30

The New Year

	New Year's: A Reflection Western Folklife Center Media, 57:00 A meditation on New Year's as a time of reflection and healing.
	Lost & Found Sound: Hour One The Kitchen Sisters, 58:36 A Peabody Award-winning collection of eccentric, endangered and undiscovered sounds and oral traditions. Hosted by Francis Ford Coppola.
	Lost & Found Sound: Hour Two The Kitchen Sisters, 59:03 A Peabody Award-winning collection of eccentric, endangered and undiscovered sounds and oral traditions. Hosted by Francis Ford Coppola.

Week of 1/6

	Doctors Without Borders: Inside Out WBUR / Michael Goldfarb, 58:36 Michael Goldfarb takes listeners to the Niger River delta following a team of medical workers as they set up a humanitarian relief project. "In short, this is excellent radio." - Jonathan Groubert
	Seeking Peace on Earth: The 2007 Peace Talks Radio Special Good Radio Shows, Inc./Paul Ingles, 59:00 During the season when hopes for Peace on Earth are expressed, spend an hour hearing from people whose life's work is pursuing peace in different ways.
	Max Roach -- Drums Unlimited Ben Shapiro, 53:00 Master drummer Max Roach recounts his journey, from the era of the Jim Crow south to the creation of modern jazz, from the civil rights years to far-reaching experiments in percussion--with thrilling music and storytelling help from friends like Dizzy Gillespie.

Week of 1/13

Southern Slices: Summer Institute Stories from CDS
Center for Documentary Studies, 53:00

This show pulls together seven of the best works made by CDS students at Duke University -- many of them by first-time producers.

Week of 1/20

Martin Luther King Day

	Martin Luther King Jr.'s Path To Nonviolence Paul Ingles, 59:00 Two women with very close ties to Martin Luther King Jr. reflect on how King developed into one of the great moral and political philosophers of the 20th century.
	A Shortcut To The Mountaintop Peter Bochan, 29:28 A tribute to Martin Luther King Jr, featuring many of his most famous speeches mixed with music from Stevie Wonder, The Freedom Singers, Jimmy Cliff, James Taylor, Nina Simone, Bill Lee/Branford Marsalis, Moodswings, U2 and more.

Week of 1/27

Black History Month (Feb)

	Mandela: An Audio History Joe Richman / Radio Diaries, 59:00 The story of South Africa's struggle against apartheid. "One of the best tributes our country has to a great and peaceful man." - Jake Warga
	A Small Southern Town: The Nation's Capital In Slave Times Richard Paul, 60:00 A dramatization of the largest mass-escape of slaves in American history.
	In the Spirit WPSU, 59:00 A one-hour retrospective of 20th century African-American religious music and interviews. "My listeners are blowing up our phones today after airing this special." - Erica Fox, WVAS
	The Undiscovered Explorer: Imagining York Oregon Public Broadcasting, 58:55 Danny Glover narrates the story of an American legend. "A solid addition to programming during Black History Month." - Joseph Dougherty , WVAS
	The Afro: Personal Reflections David Person, 59:00 A personal and historical look at the Afro hairstyle as a cultural and political phenomenon.